United States Army Air Service Law and Legal Definition
The United States Army Air Service (officially the Air Service, United States Army) was a forerunner of the United States Air Force during and after World War I. It was established as an independent but temporary wartime branch of the War Department by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson. On May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps as the nation's air force; and March 19, 1919, establishing a military Director of Air Service to control all aviation activities. Its life was extended for another year in July 1919, during which time Congress passed the legislation necessary to make it a permanent establishment. The National Defense Act of 1920 assigned the Air Service the status of "combatant arm of the line" of the United States Army, with a major general in command.
Legal Definition list
- United States Agricultural Commodity
- United States Agency for International Development
- United States Africa Command [USAFRICOM]
- United States
- United Nations Security Council
- United States Army Air Service
- United States Army Corrections Command
- United States Army Retraining Brigade
- United States Bureau of Justice Statistics
- United States Capitol
- United States Capitol Police [USCP]
Related Legal Terms
- 432d Air Expeditionary Wing [432 AEW]
- Absent Uniformed Services Voter
- Acceptable Identification of Goods and Services Manual
- Acceptable Quality Level [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Acceptance [Agricultural Marketing Service]
- Acceptance of Service Agreement
- Accompanying the Armed Forces outside the United States
- Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States
- Action for the Loss of Services
- Active Air Defense
